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27 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 27 Restaurants
✨ Museums, Classic Dining, Afternoon Tea
Museum Mile, old money, and classic NYC dining. The Met, Bemelmans Bar, and Madison Avenue boutiques.
Known for: The Met, Guggenheim, Bemelmans Bar, Madison Ave
Don't miss: The Met, Bemelmans Bar, Cafe Boulud, The Mark
💡 Museum Mile is free on Friday evenings at several museums.
Top 10 in Upper East Side
1
Sushi Noz
Japanese · 2 Michelin Stars
Two Michelin stars and a $550 omakase that's worth selling furniture for. Nozomu Abe's Upper East Side sushi temple serves Edomae-style nigiri with fish aged using techniques that ...
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2
MET Museum
Tourist Attraction
One of the greatest art museums on Earth with 2 million works spanning 5,000 years. Egyptian Temple of Dendur, European paintings, and seasonal rooftop bar are highlights. Friday a...
96
3
Daniel
French Fine Dining · Michelin 1-Star, James Beard Outstanding Chef, NY Times 4-Star
Daniel Boulud's Upper East Side flagship has defined French fine dining in America for three decades. The ornate dining room, the seasonal tasting menu, and the duck en croute are ...
95
4
Cafe Boulud
French · 1 Michelin Star
Daniel Boulud slightly more casual Upper East Side jewel that remains one of the best French restaurants in the city, full stop. The four-muse menu concept gives the kitchen room t...
94
5
Sushi Ishikawa
Sushi · Michelin 1-Star
A Michelin-starred Upper East Side omakase counter where chef Don Pham serves an intimate 18-course nigiri progression. The fish is flown from Toyosu and the rice is warmed to body...
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6
Le Veau d'Or
French
A legendary French restaurant on the Upper East Side that was revived after its original 1937 incarnation closed, bringing back old-school French bistro charm with a modern sensibi...
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7
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Art Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's spiraling white rotunda — one of the 20th century's most important architectural landmarks — housing modern and contemporary art. Walking down the continuous r...
89
8
Cafe Sabarsky
Viennese Cafe
Located inside the Neue Galerie on Museum Mile, Cafe Sabarsky is a meticulous recreation of a Viennese coffeehouse, right down to the Klimt on the walls and the waiters in vests. T...
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9
Cafe Commerce
New American · Eater 38
Harold Moore brought his beloved Commerce back from the dead, this time on the Upper East Side. The sweet potato tortelloni with hazelnuts is the hit that followed him, and the Par...
88
10
Noz Market
Japanese
The retail and casual dining arm of the Sushi Noz universe on the Upper East Side, offering pristine Japanese ingredients and prepared foods to take home. The chirashi bowls are go...
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All 27 Restaurants in Upper East Side
SummerStage in Central Park
Live Music
87
Bemelmans Bar
Cocktail Bar
86
Jones Wood Foundry
British Gastropub
85
Lexington Candy Shop Luncheonette
Diner / Soda Fountain
84
Lungi
Sri Lankan / South Indian
84
The Portrait Bar
Cocktail Bar
83
Le Bilboquet
French Bistro
83
Bohemian National Hall
Czech
82
Bluestone Lane
Australian Cafe
82
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